Tom Loeffler, promoter of undefeated World Middleweight
Champion GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN has called out the team of
Canelo Alvarez and specifically, its promoter Oscar De La
Hoya. On Sunday, under the headline "Oscar De La Hoya Boldly
Claims Gennady Is Unpatriotic," Niall Doran posted on the
website Boxing News and Views a story based on a video
interview De La Hoya had done with Villainfy Media which was
posted on You Tube on Aug. 31. The story also stated that De
La Hoya "…questioned his {Golovkin's] support of his own
country."

"I have no idea what Oscar is talking about but it is not
true," said Loeffler. "The truth is Team Golovkin had
requested that the national anthems of Kazakhstan, Mexico
and the United States be sung before the pay-per-view
telecast began so that we could proceed with the fights
seamlessly and uninterrupted. HBO supported this position
and has always preferred that the anthems take place before
the HBO Pay-Per-View telecast begins. To suggest that
Gennady is unpatriotic and has no respect for the anthems of
his Kazakhstan, Mexico or the U.S., where Gennady resides in
southern California, is patently false. Oscar and Canelo owe
Gennady yet another apology. This is just another example of
why Gennady never believes anything from Canelo's side."

“Look, I mean, they have to stop all this nonsense. I can
tell you one thing for instance. Talk about not supporting
your own country? The Golovkin people didn’t want to sing
the national anthems before the fight. That’s a ritual.
Having a national anthem before a championship fight is what
you’re supposed to do. It makes it feel like a bigger event.
Golovkin’s people didn’t want the Kazakhstan national anthem
to be sang, the Mexican national anthem to be sung, the
American national anthem to be sung. I mean what else are
they going to demand? Jesus, are they going to cancel the
fight? It's ridiculous Just go out there and fight!”